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LitPDX seeks to amplify marginalized voices, and welcomes all, their ideas, their events, and their words.
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The Regional Arts & Culture Council awards project grants to artists in Multnomah County in all art mediums. Come to this lunchtime talk in honor of the 10th Annual PDX to hear about what makes a strong comic arts project proposal from RACC representatives and comics artists who have received RACC funding. Get tips to help you design your project and make it stand out! Food and drinks provided.
Come and join us for our Design Week Open House! Along with the normal Outlet offerings, we will be featuring a HUGE archive of illustrated works from Kate's grandma Nan Pollard from her 55 year career as a children's book illustrator. Born in 1925, Nan Pollard knew she liked to draw from an early age. She won awards for her artwork in both junior high and high school, and went on to study at the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee. She has built a prestigious career as an illustrator and was continually sought out by publishers for the quality of her work. She drew some of the best-loved children's subjects, including Captain Kangaroo, Mickey Mouse, Lassie and Curious George. In addition to story books,…
Join Colby Nichols (Jolby & Friends) as he leads fellow Portland creatives Adam Garcia, Tammi Heneveld, and Ian Whitmore in a game of Dungeons & Dragons! Here's the twist: you'll get the chance to participate, too! This event will show you how group-gaming can sharpen your critical thinking skills and strengthen a team's dynamic. In the world of D&D, anything can happen. A Dungeon Master leads a group of adventurers through a fantasy world presenting challenges, battles, and puzzles, all of which must be solved as a group. It's the apex of creativity, critical thinking, socializing, and fun. The only limit is the size of your imagination and the roll of the dice. How participation will work — The audience will be split between spectators…
Join Portland in Color at Design Week for a week-long exhibit featuring works by local BIPOC designers and a one-night panel about disrupting industry gatekeeping and redesigning inclusivity presented in partnership with Swift and Wieden and Kennedy. EXHIBIT April 6-13, at Wieden + Kennedy (free) This exhibition will showcase curated pieces by the following BIPOC artists: Raveena Bhalara, Ezekiel Brown, Maria Regine Cabbab, Tracy Nguyen-Chung, Saria A. Dy, John Akira Harorld, Midori Hirose, Natassja Pal, Jen Tam, Britton Washington, and Yuriko Zubia. PANEL April 10, 6-9 pm, at Wieden + Kennedy ($5-20 suggested donation) This panel will discuss the intersections of industry gatekeeping, redesigning inclusivity, and the experiences of three Portland in Color designers, moderated by features editor and operations director, Emilly Prado. Panelists include:…
We are thrilled to announce that Jacqueline Winspear will be returning to Broadway Books at 7 pm on Wednesday, April 10th, to read from the newest book in her Maisie Dobbs series, The American Agent! In this latest book -- the fifteenth in the series -- Maisie investigates the mysterious murder of an American war correspondent in London during the Blitz. This is a ticketed event. The price of the ticket is $27.99, the price of The American Agent, and each attendee will receive a copy of the new book. To reserve a seat for this event, please put the ticket (not the book) in the shopping cart and pay for it online. Or, you are welcome to pay for your ticket in person in…
$ 10.00 / Age 21 And Up Additional Info: Following the success of her current debut North American tour, author/ spoken word artist SABRINA BENAIM has confirmed a second run of shows set to run March 27-April 20. The upcoming shows include Sabrina's first ever shows throughout Texas, the Southwest and West Coast. She will also cross her native Canada from Vancouver to Ottawa. Sabrina is the author of best-selling book of poetry DEPRESSION AND OTHER MAGIC TRICKS (published by Button Poetry, also home to Neil Hilborn). Her videos online have reached over 100 million people. The shows are poetry readings with a sense of humor and hope. While the subject matter can sometimes be dark it is also uplifting as it brings out in…